Frequency: (1234)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English: habitational name from Throckmorton in Worcestershire, possibly named from Old English þroc ‘beam bridge’ + mere ‘pool’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
FOREBEARS: Bearers of the name Throckmorton in the U.S. trace their descent from a John Throckmorton (1601-1684) of New England or a Robert Throckmorton (1609-1663) of VA.
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